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Are parents gambling with their kid’s safety?
The Martinez News-Gazette published our article on youth sports safety and who’s watching out for your kids:
Parents take every precaution to keep their kids safe. They teach them to buckle up in the car, to look both ways before crossing the street and to never talk to strangers.
But what about safety during sports?
Without knowing it, many California parents are putting their children’s lives at stake each time they let them participate in school sports.
A recent study by Safe Kids USA shows that parents acknowledge that they do not have the information they need to protect their children from serious injury while taking part in team sports. Worse, only 17 percent of parents recognize that an athletic trainer is an expert source for such information. Aside from their family doctor, the majority of parents surveyed identified their child’s coach, websites or news publications as their go-to source for sports safety information. Read more »
California Athletic Trainers’ Association Offers Tips for Exercising Safely in the Heat
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – May, 2011 – Summer is here and that means hot temperatures and high humidity – both serious concerns to people of all ages who enjoy spending time outdoors.
Capitol Weekly: Scope-of-practice battles hit the Capitol
Two decades ago, podiatrists and orthopedic surgeons roiled the Capitol with a battle to define where the foot ends and the ankle begins. But the Capitol is annually the battleground for debates that might seem more appropriate at a medical conference…
Hayashi’s AB 374, meanwhile, would license athletic trainers by setting up an Athletic Trainer Licensing Committee under the Medical Board of California. The California Athletic Trainers Association has been pushing for this type of legislation for years.
Read More: http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=zk3yhbxsxzhulu&xid=zk2jdnybvhlqy3&done=.zk3yhbxsy04ulu
Bill Chambers Named to COA Hall of Fame
Bill Chambers (Fullerton College) is entering the Hall of Fame for his outstanding career and years of service at Fullerton College (1961-1999) along with his tremendous impact on the profession of athletic training. Bill was an early member of the National Trainers’ Association (NATA) and a founding member of both the Far West Athletic Trainers’ Association (FWATA) and the California Community College Athletic Trainers’ Association (CCCATA). Bill is still actively involved and has served six years on the Board of Directors of the NATA, two terms as NATA President, and two terms as the FWATA President. He also chaired four National Clinical Symposiums, and was the chair of the FWATA Annual Clinical Symposium for 26 years.
Read more: http://www.cccaasports.org/news/1103_hof.pdf
New California State Assembly Bill Would Require Athletic Trainers to be Licensed
The California Athletic Trainers’ Association Seeks State Regulation of the Profession
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – February 22, 2011 – When a young athlete gets hurt, an athletic trainer sometimes has just seconds to assess the injury and decide on a course of action.
That decision can often be the difference between life and death – shouldn’t the person making the decisions be a licensed professional? Our young athletes deserve to be protected by professionals verified by the state to hold the education and skills necessary to keep our children safe. Read more »
Heat Illness Safety
NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING MONTH
YOUTH SPORTS SAFETY CRISIS PREVENTION: HEAT ILLNESS
The California Athletic Trainers’ Association Warns about the Dangers of Heat Illness in Youth Athletes.
New CIF Guidelines
The California Athletic Trainers’ Association Responds to the California Interscholastic Federations New Concussion Guidelines
What you need to know about steroids & sports
The NATA, in collaboration with the Taylor Hooton Foundation is offering important tips on anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs, primarily for students. We hope that you will also share these with other health care professionals, athletes, parents, coaches, athletic directors, media, school administrators, local PTA and Booster Clubs to encourage young athletes – and athletes of ALL ages – to be smart and SAFE when it comes to sports performance.
Protecting Against Heat Stroke
Too Hot to Handle: Heat Stroke can Cause Permanent Damage to Internal Organs. The California Athletic Trainers’ Association Provides Tips on How to Recognize, Treat and Prevent Heat Stroke.
The CIF Concussion Ruling and the CATA’s Position
Athletic Training Colleagues:
As many of you know, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) implemented a new rule this year, regarding head injury management.
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